Ever want to enhance RPG programs with PDFs, spreadsheets, charts and graphics, or connect to web services, without complicating your RPG program? Help is here from PHP and DB2. PHP not only builds web sites, but it can be called by RPG programs. Alan will show how to accomplish marvelous tasks by calling PHP from ordinary RPG programs via DB2's web service support, a fast, flexible technique that's a handy trick in itself.

Those wishing to add non-traditional functionality to RPG programs without adding proprietary or complicated tools

Web developers (PHP, Ruby, etc.) who want their scripts to be accessible from RPG.

Fans of DB2 who wish to see a practical use of the new web service consumption capabilities of DB2.

This talk could be categorized under PHP, RPG, DB2, web services, etc., because it brings together several subjects in a practical application.

Bring RPG/COBOL Business Logic to the Web with the PHP Toolkit

Don't reinvent the wheel when developing PHP applications. Instead, re-use your valuable business logic. Reduce risk, speed development, reduce costs when developing web and mobile applications by calling RPG and COBOL programs, system commands, accessing data areas, and more, with the open-source PHP Toolkit for IBM i, co-developed by IBM and Alan Seiden. The toolkit is free, flexible, supported by Zend and uses IBM's XMLSERVICE toolkit on the back end.

Learning Objective:

Create a modern PHP-based graphical interface that uses RPG/COBOL/CL building blocks

Know when to access DB2 directly, and when to call a program

Optimize toolkit performance

Audience:

PHP on IBM i developers; CIOs and IT managers wanting to understand how PHP can fit smoothly with existing resources, how to reuse existing RPG business logic to help bring projects in on time and on budget.